The Last Breath(2024)
2024 · Joachim Hedén · 96 min
A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks.
Horror · Thriller
6.0191 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How scary is The Last Breath?
Tight, breathless claustrophobia is the main feeling here, with the constant sense of running out of air and space pressing in from every side. The pacing leans toward sustained tension once the group gets trapped, with the shark attacks landing as sharp bursts of physical danger rather than constant jump scares. It's a real-world survival threat, not anything supernatural, so the fear stays grounded in drowning, sharks, and being stuck. This is more of a tense popcorn thrill than something that will haunt you afterward, good for a fun scare night rather than deep dread.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Last Breath rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 45 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 30 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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Starts as a breezy hangout trip that slowly tightens into claustrophobic dread, then stays tense and punishing through most of the back half.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4.
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